There was another heavy whip sound, and the naked Akao Kiyosuna had been tied to a wooden stake until he was bleeding, but he still refused to say a word. He knew that the longer he persisted, the longer he could deliver the message.
The more time the Imagawa family buys. Once Tsunayika Kaiboku's reinforcements arrive, there will still be a chance for a comeback - although this possibility is now slim.
"Oda Masa next door has already recruited him." The samurai Morita Taro in charge of the interrogation walked into Akao Kiyosuna's torture room and said to another samurai Aoki Heita who was beating Akao Kiyosuna.
"Bastards, don't pull these tricks on me." Akao Kiyosuna is also a veteran. What tricks have he never seen before? Naturally, the samurai who know that Tanaya Meimasa wants to say, "Your partner has confessed, there is no point in holding on."
"" means to destroy Akao Kiyosuna's will to resist, "We are all heroes of the Asai family. We have been greatly favored by our former lord and will fight to the death. How can we succumb to you?"
"We captured his old mother and daughter. No matter how tough a man is, he can't stand it." Taro Morita sneered twice, opened the door, and let the cries of the old mother and young daughter next door be heard into Akao Kiyosuna's room.
. Also heard was the voice of a crying Oda Masaru and his intermittent confession.
Yes, they are all members of the Asai family, and everyone knows everything. It is extremely easy to find some excuse to threaten you.
"Your Highness Mimasakumomo is also an important minister of the Asai family, and we don't want to quarrel with each other. You don't want us to invite your parents, wife, and children, right?" Aoki Taira shook the whip in his hand and looked at Akao Kiyosuna with interest.
, "It is better to abandon the darkness and turn to the light earlier, so that the territory of the Akao family can be preserved in the future."
Akao Kiyosuna took a deep breath, and then said calmly: "I won't do it, otherwise Jiuquanxia will be sorry for the former master. Anyway, if everyone else has done it, you should know what happened, right? Whatever,
You can do whatever you want to me. My family will understand me and my consciousness."
Morita Taro and Aoki Heita looked at each other, then they both shook their heads, closed the door, and did not embarrass Akao Kiyosuna anymore, but went to report to Taya Akimasa:
"The confession plan is the same as what was written in the request for help. They want to ask Kaiboku Zenemon, who is stationed at the important Kamama Castle, to return to Otani Castle to help Otani Castle. In addition to Akao Misaku, there are also a couple from the Imagawa family and a ninja.
We went to Sickle City to deliver the message. We shouldn’t have gone very long. We can stop them if we go to the official road to intercept them now. There is also a strong man with one arm and a child who came to Xiaodani City for reconnaissance. We should find them out immediately.”
"Is it credible?" Tanaya Akimasa held the secret letter between his two fingers and asked with a frown.
"It's credible. Although there are some discrepancies, the information confessed by the several samurai is the same." Taro Morita and Heita Aoki replied confidently. "They set off separately last night, and they should be almost there now.
"
"Well, I also think that this information is exactly the same as what Mr. Nishina of the Takeda family said, and it cannot be false." After thinking about it for a moment, Tabiya Akimasa gave the order to the samurai, "Taro, take people to Kotani.
When searching in the city, the targets are strong men, one-armed men and children. Pingtai, you go to the official road and set up a traffic jam. If you see a couple and a ninja passing by, stop them and detain them."
"yes!"
In the early morning of February 12, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), the castle town of the south gate of Odani Castle.
"Although Omi is only a few miles away from Mino, the customs and customs are very different." Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo walked through the streets and alleys of the castle town of Odani Castle, while carrying out the task of finding out the enemy's situation.
He looked at the buildings and costumes in the castle town with great interest. There were only a few pedestrians on the street, coming and going in a hurry. It seemed that they had discovered the strange movements in Otani Castle yesterday and were afraid of being affected by the military chaos.
"Why is this?" Ginkgo raised her head curiously.
"After all, Omi belongs to Kinki, while Ono belongs to Togoku. Historically, Omi and Ono were rarely in the hands of the same family, so the circulation of various cultures was relatively limited." Imagawa Yoshimoto recalled his childhood.
Regarding the experience of visiting Kinki, he explained with a smile, "And Omi people have always looked down on Omon, thinking that they are country bumpkins who love miso. But Omi people themselves are also looked down upon by people in Yamato Yamato."
"Haha, just like you Suruga people look down on me, a mountain girl from Kai, but in the eyes of Kyoto people, you are also arty Eastern barbarians?" Ginkgo said while making a fool of himself, while continuously dismissing Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"There is really no way, everything can be said to me." Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head in confusion, and then continued to look around the castle town, "Judging from the situation in the castle town, Tianya is still far from controlling the situation.
The number of patrolling soldiers is probably insufficient. We still need to go into the city to check the specific situation."
"Would they let strangers into the city at such a critical moment?" Ginkgo looked confused.
"Tsuchihara has already checked it out, everything is as planned, no problem." Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at a house in the distance, Tsuchihara quietly made a gesture, and then walked quickly towards the south gate of Otani Castle with Ginkgo in his arms.
There were only a handful of guards standing on the south gate wall, who were probably close associates brought by the Tianwu family. There were a few warriors at the door checking people entering and leaving the city - but at this critical moment, not many people dared to come and go.
Inside and outside the city.
"Hello, I am coming from Kyoto to Omi to visit the shogunate. I have sent a gift to the Sannomaru. I will pick it up and return." Imagawa Yoshimoto put on a standard Kyoto accent and calmly addressed the gatekeeper.
Taro Morita said.
Taro Morita was stunned for a moment when he saw this - what he saw in front of him was clearly a suspicious couple. At this time, he saw that there were changes in Otani Castle. Who would go to the city inexplicably? But according to the information provided by Goro Nishina, and their torture of Akao
The information obtained by Kiyotsuna and others - the Imagawa family sent a strong man, a one-armed man and a child to Odani Castle to scout, and sent a couple to deliver the message. So what is the situation now? Why did the couple come instead?
Xiaodani City?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But looking at the temperament of the samurai in front of him, he is also pampered. If he is really a member of the public as he said, he probably has a high position in the public.
, or he has a prominent family background. At present, Tianya Meimasa is not in the right position, and he needs the affirmation of the shogun to maintain his authority. It is best not to offend the shogun's family at will. If he doesn't care, the couple will be detained.
Next, there will inevitably be some trouble in the future.
"Please." After hesitating for a long time, Taro Morita raised his hand and said, "Please come back quickly. There is some unrest in the city now."
"Thank you." Imagawa Yoshimoto bowed his hand, and then he and Ginkgo walked quickly to Otani Castle.
"Follow me." Taro Morita quietly gestured to several of his men, "Let's see what they are here to do."
"A rat is following." Ginkgo turned her head and pointed at the knots hanging on the eaves of the street houses. She glanced back with her peripheral vision, and then quietly warned Imagawa Yoshimoto like a woman sharing the beautiful scenery with her sweetheart:
"Although it's well hidden."
"How many people?" Imagawa Yoshimoto also looked at the knot with a smile and said to Ginkgo.
"Then how do I know? If I know, why don't I become a ninja?" Ginkgo choked Imagawa Yoshimoto angrily, "It's good if you can detect that someone is following you. Sir, you are asking about the number of people?"
"Haha, I have to go to Shu." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed at himself and shook his head, then quickly combed the hair on his forehead twice, gave a secret signal to the Tu Atom Sutra who had sneaked in, and then said to Ginkgo, "How is it?
, are you ready?"
"No problem." Ginkgo then tied her long hair into a ponytail and then tied it into a bun.
"Okay." Imagawa Yoshimoto squinted and looked into the distance. After confirming the position of the soil atoms reflected by the copper mirror, he whispered: "Run!"
As soon as they finished speaking, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo rushed towards the west gate of Sannomaru along the streets and alleys of Sannomaru. Along the way, they could see the barracks and samurai houses on both sides.
"They are all staying behind closed doors. It seems that they still hold a neutral stance on the battle for the governor and have not chosen to support Tamaya Ishimi Mamoru." Imagawa Yoshimoto quickly analyzed the situation in front of him, and at the same time, his steps did not slow down for a moment.
, "Everything is as the teacher expected."
At this time, behind Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo, the samurai and ninjas who were originally responsible for tracking saw these two people suddenly running. In order to avoid losing them, they had to chase after them quickly on the quiet street.
It seems particularly eye-catching.
"Now the number of mice is much clearer." Ginkgo turned around and counted as he ran, "There are six in total."
"It seems that Tamaya Ishimi Mamoru is still far away from winning the hearts of his family. At this critical moment, only a few people can be sent to chase us, and they don't even bring a horse." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked back.
Looking at the chasing soldiers, they found that they had sent signals in the direction of the south gate and west gate of Sannomaru.
Not long after, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo had rushed to the west gate. The west gate was much farther away than the south gate, and the soldiers of the Taya family guarding it were even rarer - there were only 8 samurai. They saw Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo.
After rushing over, he immediately stood in front of the door with a knife in his hand. Just as he was about to stop the two of them, he saw a string of shurikens flying from the side of the house.
The samurai were caught off guard, and many of them were knocked down at once. Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't hesitate, and while stepping forward, he drew out Sozomonji and struck a few times, knocking the sabers in the hands of the oncoming samurai away. Ginkgo followed up with two swords, and another
Cut down the samurai who tried to fight back to the ground.
"You're so cruel, Ginkgo." Imagawa Yoshimoto pushed open the door, and rushed out of the west gate with Ginkgo and Tsuchizune before the other guards could react.
"I don't have mysophobia, the strange person is Mr." Ginkgo complained silently.